Combined dining and billiard table.



No'. 817,097. I PATENTED APR. 3, 1906..

. W; STEVBNSON.

OMBINBD DININGKAND BILLIARD TABLE..

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1904.

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WILLIAM sTEvENsoN, or DEvoNPoET, NEW ZEALAND.

COMBINED DINING ANID BILLIARD TABLE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3. 1906.

.Application filed September 26, 1904. Serial No. 225,9201/2.

To {LZ/Z whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLIAM STEvENsoN, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing in Grey street, Devonport, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in a Combined Dining and Billiard Table, of which the following is a speci lication.

The invention provides a table which can be used as an ordinary dining-table or for playing thereon billiards and the like gaines.

According hereto a rectangular table-top is supported upon legs in the ordinary inanner, the surface of the top being preferably covered with what is known as billiard cloth." Rails are hinged to the sides ol the table in such manner that they may be turned up to project above theedge of the table or turned down upon the hinges to pass beneath the table. A face of each of the rails carries an elastic cushion which projects over the table when the rail is turned up. When the rails are turned up, they are held in position by curved bars carrying the corner-pockets used in the game of billiards, each of said bars being pivotally connected at one of its ends to one rail and having a stud adapted to fit a recess formed for its reception in the rail upon the other side ofthe table.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan of the table when adapted for use for playing billiards. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation on the lineAA, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a corner of the table. Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 2, showing the rail turned down beneath the table. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation, and Fig. 6 a corresponding plan, showing an end of the connecting pocket-bar.

The wooden rails 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, shaped in section,as shown in Fgs.2 and 4, are secured to the table-top 7 by hinges 3, whereby said rails may be caused to assume the position shown in Fig. 1 and in the section, Fig. 2, or may be turned down beneath the table, as shown in Fig. 4. The side rails 2 and 3 are permanently connected by the pocketbracket 9, which extends from one to the other, and the side rails 5 and 6 are connected by the pocket-bracket 10 in a similar manner. When the rails are turned up, the end rail 1 is secured to the rails 2 and 5 by the cornerpocket brackets 11 and l2, and the end rail 4 is secured .in a similar manner to the side rails 3 and 6 by the corner-pocket brackets 13 and 14. Each of the corner-pocket brackets is constructed similarly to the bracket 11. (Clearly shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 6.) The bracket is of curved shape and is secured to the raill at one end by a countersunk screw or bolt 15, The opposite end of the bracket has a projecting stud 16, adapted to pass through a hole 17, formed in a plate 18, countersunk in the rail 2 and secured by Woodscrews 19. The stud 16 is beveled upon one side 20, and a spring 21, secured to the plate, normally presses the beveled side of the stud against the edge of the hole in the plate to prevent it from slipping out. A slight spring set is given to the corner-pocket brackets, so that when out of use they tend to project toward the under surface of the table-top, as shown in Fig. 4.

Each of the rails carries a cushion constructed in the following manner: Cloth 22, equal in width to the length of the rail, is secured at one edge to the inner face ol the rail (see Figs. 2 and 4) by a batten 23, held in position by nails and glue. The rubber cushion 24 is then placed in position and the cloth stretched tightly over it and wedged into the groove 25 by the 'fillet 26. The cloth is continued down the inner 'face of the rail and beneath the bottom of the rail, to which it is secured by glue and tacks or the like.

The net pockets 27 are threaded upon the pooket-brackets, and their inner ends are supported from the table by hooks 28.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- For the purpose indicated in combination a table-top, rails upon the ends and sides thereof, hinged thereto in such manner that they may be caused to project above the edges ol the table or turned beneath the same. elastic cushions upon the inner faces of said rails, and corner-pocket brackets each pivot- IOO ally connected at one end to one of the end l In testimony whereof I have signed my' rails a beveled stud projecting from its other name to this specification in the presence of end, a plate countersunk into one of the side tWo Witnesses.

rails there being a hole in the plate adapted WILLIAM STEVENSON. to receive the projecting stud, and a spring Witnesses: secured to the plate and pressing upon the l JOHN MURRAY,

beveled stud substantially as set forth. J. HENRY MACKIE. 

